WonderCMS
The facts below are what the maker publishes about WonderCMS, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From WonderCMS's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Full WonderCMS software · self-hosted installation · no paid tiers stated |
| WonderCMS | Free | Free and open source · self-hosted |
The facts
Each one read from WonderCMS's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Backups and updates
- The product provides one-click backups and one-click core updates.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Community activity
- The official forum lists 178 support topics and shows the 3.6.0 release discussion as its latest announcement.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Compatibility
- The minimum requirements page specifies PHP 7.4 or greater, cURL, mbstring, Zip, and Apache mod_rewrite; NGINX and IIS require server configuration.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Custom user roles
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Documentation depth
- The documentation includes installation, security settings, backups, search integration, database access, class structure and method examples.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Editing
- The admin interface supports in-place editing directly on site pages.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Editing and features
- Features include in-place editing, search, blog mode, unlimited subpages, clean URLs, and SEO fields for each page.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- Themes can include functions.php, while plugins can listen for events including login_success and login_failed.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Hosting
- The download page offers a free download to install and host yourself and links to partner hosting with a stated 99.9% uptime guarantee and 24/7/365 support.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The site says installation requires unzipping and uploading five files, with no initial configuration.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Installation size
- The standard installation consists of five files that are unzipped and uploaded to a server.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Install methods
- Documentation covers direct upload, Git cloning, preinstalled hosting, Docker and cPanel/Softaculous installation.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Latest release
- Version 3.6.0 was released on January 1, 2026, adding ZIP safety checks, plugin enable/disable controls, search fixes and PHP 8.4 compatibility.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence
- WonderCMS is distributed under the MIT License, permitting use, copying, modification, publication, sublicensing and sale with the copyright notice retained.checked 15 Oct 2026
- License
- The site publishes the MIT License, which permits use, copying, modification, distribution, sublicensing, and sale subject to its conditions.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Limitations
- WonderCMS supports one administrator and one password, with no multiple users, permissions, or user roles.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Limit: editor quirk
- CMS Critic reported that the WYSIWYG toolbar sometimes failed to appear unless text was clicked or double-clicked, and short video URLs were not accepted in its test.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: governance
- The lack of multi-user roles and permissions makes WonderCMS unsuitable for teams needing editorial workflows or role-based administration.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Media library
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Module ecosystem limit
- The project says it intends to maintain at most 50 themes and 20 plugins, with voting used when those limits are reached.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2008checked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker
- Robert Isoski is identified as the maintainer and founder of the project; the idea began in 2008 and the code was open-sourced in 2010.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Limit: browser and setup friction
- AlternativeTo comments reported a historical Vivaldi login problem and that installation could require patience or technical familiarity.checked 15 Oct 2026
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